area. we are your hometown news leader, wdbj7. i'm jean jadhon. and i'm chris hurst. the first alert forecast tops the news tonight. meteorologist robin reed has the latest on the fast changing weather th windwasn't a lot of different things were to start first with the fact they were, than the low right now but if you're outside or if you were driving in recently you know that it's a mess out there a fall below visibility jerusalem it's not showing up on the radar but it heavier showers are just off to the west not that far away from us they'll be arriving overnight appomattox gives us a good snapshot of what's going on now temperature dew point of the same relative humidity of one hundred percent she feels colder than that forty one out there and they had significant rain approaching eight tenths of an inch since midnight there that's a bad sign because the ground is completely saturated no place for the water to go but what

hold onto these colder temperatures real estate farther away from the severe weather but this cold temperatures are going to break down tomorrow we will get into some stormy scenarios right now visibility is not that great coming up the iab one quarter cup hot springs were work zero mile visibility- sets the stage, waiting for the mixed up big stuff in a few minutes mitterrand spent watson i will time everything out for you tomorrow from heavy rain. the potential for severe presidental candidate donald trump will be in salem on monday. that's according to the publicist for bluegrass musicians dr. ralph stanley and his grandson, nathan. both are endorsing trump for president, publicist darlene fowler told me this afternoon. we're still working to confirm the location and time of the campaign stop. stay with us on-air and online for any new developments. the historic slave homes at the greenfield complex in botetourt county are on the move. county leaders say it's a neccesary step to keep the county on track to be a home for industry. wdbj-7's shayne dwyer is here now with the property's future and how some hope to stop it,

chris the first house moved today and the second moves thursday to the new home about a mile away. the board of supervisors says county tax-payers approved this 20 years ago when they passed the original referendum for the greenfield complex. the board chairman says he cares deeply about this issue and history in botetourt county, and says this controversy caught them by surprise. at 9 this morning the work began right on schedule as the first of the two historic greenfield plantation slave homes started moving. by noon the removal of the cabin was complete. and just two hours later those against the re- location voiced their opinions to the board of supervisors once again, in the fight over how to handle industrial development and natural preservation in historic botetourt county. "i'm also very disappointed that you don't seem to understand where botetourt county comes from." "you're raping greenfield and violating the remains of my people, know o' people the lord has told you what is good and this is what he

what is right." the friends of greenfield preston plantation proposed a last- ditch effort this afternoon, offering 40-thousand dollars in private donations to stall work for three weeks and allow a new committee to take a second look. "we'll surely look at it, and i can't tell you what we'll do, because i don't know." this afternoon the board approved a lease of the slave home land, and the rest of the vacant greenfield industrial land to the county's economic development authority. there are no concrete tennants, but the authority plans to use it to promote economic development. "if we have something come up, we don't have to go through a long burueacratic -- this just cuts steps so we can act more quickly when we need to." shayne some are offended this re- location is happening in february, black history month. what's the board say about the timing? chris the board says this re-location was supposed to be complete by now, in january, and it never intended to offend anyone.

delayed the move, and regretfully it carried into black history month. shayne dwyer wdbj-7. continuing coverage of a deadly house fire in roanoke. investigators are trying to figure out what started that fire on wayne street just after midnight. firefighters found the victim's body inside. the medical examiner's office is now working to identify that person. tonight we're following up with a henry county family after a tree fell on their home during the last winter storm. wdbj7 went back there today because a viewer saw the story and wanted to help. that person wanted to remain anonymous, but made sure wanda morgan received a one hundred dollar check. morgan says the family is doing well. since the storm, they got the ceiling and roof fixed and the tree has been cut down. wanda morgan, home owner, "it's just been an outpouring i couldn't believe, people, strangers you've never seen come up and ask you can they help you, can they chop wood. it's just, there are good people in the world."

continues to thank god for her family's safety. after the storm, the electric company came to help take part of the tree down because it started leaning towards the transformer. the family is planning on using the tree for fire wood next winter. the mayor of martinsville is leading the effort against an electric company selling its shares. the issue: the mayor and other state leaders believe this could seriously finanicially hurt many communities throughout virginia. wdbj7's danielle staub explains. martinsville mayor danny turner continues to speak out against the sale of peabody electricity's share in the prairie state project. that electric plant in illinois is supplying electricity to 200 communities across the united states, five of those here in virginia. "made wild promises. they made promises that the plant could be built for 1.8 -- 1.9 billion dollars." mayor turner says things have changed since martinsville signed into the electric contract 8 years ago. "they dump their shares at 20 cents on the dollar so at

our debt service plus compared to the assets makes this a very bad deal. turner does not want peabody electricity to sell its shares below market value. "we want ferc to examine the financial impact on the localities before they allow the sale to go through. " to help create a voice, state senator bill stanley and delegate danny marshall have written letters to f- e-r-c or the federal energy regulatory commission in hopes they will prevent the sale. turner says the taxpayers could owe over 28 thousand dollars if peabody electricity pulls out of the deal. "the citzens would owe that much. they have signed a blank check over to these people. saying we will buy electricity and pay debt service and in exchange it won't count as debt against our bottom line." american municipal power which provides elecricity to 130 communities disagrees with mayor turner concerns. leaders in danville say a-m-p has assured them they will not be impacted. danville utilitiy leaders tell wdbj7

right to sell its share of the campus to a third party at whatever price it deems appropriate. and this sale by a financially stressed entity does not reduce the long term "asset" value" of prairie state. mayor turner will be presenting this issue at city council tonight and then wait to hear on a decision from ferc. in martinsville danielle staub wdbj7. interstate highways connect various parts of our region, but none of those roads cross through lynchburg. it's the largest city in virginia with no direct interstate access and we wondered how that might be effecting jobs and the economy. wdbj7's tim saunders has been digging into this issue for us. tim, what did you find out? it's not having a big impact right now, but that's because the economy isn't growing a lot and companies aren't looking to relocate. economic developers say it has been an obstacle in the past. i talked to at least one former economic development director who said companies flat out refused to

interstate. despite that challenge the city has successfully attracted large scale manufacturers like j. crew and frito lay. those companies initially wanted to be on an interstate, but chose lynchburg after learning about the region's other assets. lee cobb/former economic development director: "there were a lot more companies moving around in those days. it was before the real effects of nafta took place, driving manufacturers out of this country." so how much does an interstate matter in today's economy and what are lynchburg leaders doing to overcome their transportation challenges? we'll answer those questions and take a closer look at the issue in a special report called "off the map," tonight at 11 on wdbj7. new at six - find out what's brewing at virginia tech after a new brewhouse opens up allowing students to learn how to ferment and brew their own beer. "if it happened

in this region or in the commonwealth we'd want somebody to help us" "over a 1000 cases of drinking water are being shipped over to flint, michigan to help with the water crisis. tonight we'll tell you how several

helping" right on the campus of virginia tech. and while there's not a line out the , like at a bar, it is becoming a very popular lab with new capabilities. wdbj7's eamon o'meara is live in our new river valley newsroom. students making

that could have bad consequences. but at a lab at virginia tech, 13 students all over the age of 21 are using the science behind brewing for much more than just a pale ale. the new system in virginia tech's human and agricultural biosciences building was special ordered from germany and is exactly what beer makers use today. (herbert bruce, associate director for university studies) my objective is once they finish my class, the applied malting and brewing science course, they can step into any brewery and be functional. a perfect tool for students who want to get into this growing industry. (amy nelson, senior food science & technology student) it's not too small but it's still big enough so we can take it to a bigger industry whether it's the larger ones or the small breweries that are more showing up around the vallies and are more active right now. but the experience isn't just going to help in breweries. the science can be applied to many other things. (herbert bruce, associate director for university studies) this experience is going to help them in almost anything else. food production, drug manufacturing, any chemical productions, things like that. because it's a lot of the same stuff. which these food science and technology students are taking full advantage of. (nick patrick, senior food science & technology student)

the brewery go hand in hand. you're using large machines, sanitation is of the utmost importance. it definitely plays into itself. just because you're making beer doesn't mean it can't be also used for food. (amy nelson, senior food science & technology student) we can take that not only to the new beverage industry that is forming but also to the newer food industry and the new food products that are coming out. with a $250,000 investment to get this equipment to virginia tech, there is certainly a bright future not only for this program, but students taking it. (nick patrick, senior food science & technology student) having that experience will definitely make it a lot easier of a transition as opposed to just going out in the blue and only knowing what i've read online. (herbert bruce, associate director for university studies) all our e-mails are being saturated with people asking questions about it and wanting to know more about what we're doing. bruce expects these classes to expand, and a minor in fermination is already planned for the near future. the school tells me there are big plans for the brewhouse still to come. to see even more of the lab and equipment, head to wdbj7 dot com or my facebook page for some online

it's a unique sight because no other school around has a lab like this one. friendship retirement community celebrated its 50 anniversary today with a big announcement. the company has reclassified itself into a family of brands which include friendship living, health, foundation, and valley management. two projects are currently in the works for friendship. the adult medical day care center will be on the main campus. and the rehab south facility is going up on starkey road. the expansion will add about 150 jobs. a powerful storm is headed our way with a number of risk factors. robin & brent will lay out the timing for you. here is a look at the highs, lows and precipitation at the regional airports. we are back with the complete first alert

break gotchapilots dissect the atmosphere and give you the ingredients for storm a start first with were in the mid atlantic very often in easterly breezes and play very often works locked into some cooler wall all around us it's very unstable and in fact it's been a rough for the deep south we also have rain showers not quite invading the

of the south of us and ready to change from a stationary frontal warfront from sliding up that means more rain is headed our way and it will be heavy at times tomorrow looking at the showers we can see the flow radar is not picking up all the low-level moisture that's available there's a lot of drizzle and fog out there as well and that's actually adding up normally we were to talk about rain we wouldn't be too worried about an inch of rain but we have no place to put this ground is literally the water sitting right on top of its it's got a runoff in streams and creeks and by eight o'clock tomorrow night one of our threats will be ill-gotten war rain than that where is it running too busy going through towns distain and that its creeks and rivers or is it overflowing that is one of our concerns tomorrow is the one that were headlining first but that's not the only one in the second one as there is a threat of severe weather starting with the carolinas in particular with a slightly enhanced viewing north carolina but still tracking back to southwest virginia as well and

rob watts takes us from that threat tomorrow around a lot of the schools in north carolina close along the eastern shore for that potential for some strong storms now you talk about the cool air waste medical air which is expected to break in some areas tomorrow especially lynchburg could be a no-no watch what happens and got all of this rates really beating up from this system the enhanced risk for any severe weather as far as thunderstorms it's like it's anywhere from noon till about five o'clock we are again thinking lynchburg edina with the highest rest now won the land a couple thunderstorms are in the afternoon but flooding is really getting be the main grandstand is yellows and reds are really enhancing rainfall on the forecast model watch as they move through during the afternoon so that's one of the concerns were we need to really focus on storm prediction center's put anywhere from lynchburg to bandon south boston really just an enhanced risk and a slight risk were some severe storms of the greatest impacts in this of me of course flash flooding gusty winds and the need of strong storms and we

this so while it's not likely eight nine zero a snap zero chances either. so that something will be monitoring through the day tomorrow along with the blind eye rest of us to threats will become forecast tonight with rain developing an overnight low temperatures, spain where they are now in the thirties that for tomorrow as we break out rain will be heavy at times with high temperatures in the fifties and sixties there were not quite done with some interesting weather stories look at we'll get it thursday night and friday from the push of gusty winds putting some snow showers on the ground in far southwest virginia and he could sneak into virginia as well as latest friday because of the gusty winds so on the sunday planet here's our breakdown for you impact they on wednesday that is for the wind and the rain and the potential for a quick spin a tornado. first they were interested in the wind rain goes away thankfully but snow showers may start falling friday it still windy it's getting even colder out there right now are only safe haven

that's we get back to you 50 virginia's basketball team tries to put the miami loss in the rear view while the hokies are on the road again, taking on boston college tonight in chestnut hill. coming up tomorrow, in your morning newsmakers we sit down with the prevention council of roanoke valley to about internet safety for children. sky 1 full i'll continue to monitor the flood potential across the region as more rain moves through in my first alert forecast. grab whatever wakes ya up and join

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hey candidates, answer the call already. basketball team has faced this year, the hokies boast a 5-2 record in the acc when playing at home. but coach buzz williams and company are just 1-6 on the road. tech will play its final two road games of the regular season this week, beginning with boston college in bean-town tonight, and the hokies are still trying to learn how to win away from home. justin robinson, virginia tech guard: "i mean, it's a big learning step. we've been clawing all year, and that's kind of what our identity is. we play hard the whole game, and just try not to give up no matter what. either way, we're learning, and just loving the experience. we have two big road tests at boston college and wake forest. we have to keep doing what we're doing, and build off of this, and try to finish off the season strong." zach leday, virginia tech forward: "going on our quest to play in the

the road and get these next two wins, get stops on defense, and just keep on playing as hard as we can. we're just trying to do good for hokie nation." virginia is on the outside looking in where the acc regular season title is concerned following last night's 3 point loss to miami. the cavaliers will be in bounce back mode saturday when north carolina visits charlottesville, much like miami was last night coming off a blowout loss to the tarheels over the weekend. tony bennett/virginia head coach: you knew when you get beat like they did, they were gonna be awake. they were gonna be ready. i'm sure coach had their attention. they ran into a buzz saw down there at carolina. carolina was coming off a loss but they were gonna come ready and we knew that. we fought, played pretty hard, had chances but didn't get it done. the second half we got it going a little bit. it was two teams that were fighting and that's what it's about to be in this spot late in the conference race.

the newest polls released today. the dukes are now 9 and 1 on the season and this past weekend, knocked off sec powers tennessee and auburn, along with oklahoma state. bath county high school grad jailyn ford is the caa pitcher of the week going 2 and 0 for the weekend with a save. she gave up just five hits in three games. jailyn ford/jmu pitcher: we kind of have to have the confidence that we can play with anybody if we play together. just stringing hits together we were able to stay strong as a team even when we were faced with adversity, down 1-nothing and even in that last inning where things weren't going our way but it was a great a dip in oil prices to close to some losses today. the dow fell 189. nasdaq lost 67.

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>> pelley: dangerous weather hit the south. millions of people in five states are on alert for tornadoes. also tonight, more cases of zika in the u.s., spread by sexual transmission. apple's lawyers say unlocking the iphone of a terrorist is a slippery slope. >> apple knows how to do lots of things, buof but it is not an employee of the united states. >> pelley: and who let the dogs out? wait till you see. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: a tough day is turning into a rough night in much of the deep south. multiple tornadoes have been spotted, as well as a water spout, near new orleans. we've been told of fatalities at an r.v. park in st. james paris in louisiana.